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Does Britain need the ‘grumpy old men’ bank? – Citywire.co.uk

Posted by UFBC on Friday, 9 July, 2010

City grandee Sir David Walker and former Labour MP John McFall (main picture) made their names bringing banks to account. But do we need them to launch a company buying up banks in Britain? News that plans are afoot …

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Does Britain need the ‘grumpy old men’ bank? – Citywire.co.uk


Does Britain need the ‘grumpy old men’ bank? – Citywire.co.uk

Posted by UFBC on Friday, 9 July, 2010

City grandee Sir David Walker and former Labour MP John McFall (main picture) made their names bringing banks to account. But do we need them to launch a company buying up banks in Britain? News that plans are afoot …

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Does Britain need the ‘grumpy old men’ bank? – Citywire.co.uk


Bonus crackdown plan ‘dangerous’ – BBC Business

Posted by UFBC on Monday, 16 November, 2009

Interfering with bankers’ contracts is a “dangerous route to go down”, a former chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland has told the BBC. Sir George Mathewson said that he thought the Financial Services Authority (FSA) already had enough powers to …

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Bonus crackdown plan ‘dangerous’ – BBC Business